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WASHINGTON – Today, House Democrats voted to elect Congressman John Yarmuth (KY-3) as Ranking Member of the powerful House Budget Committee for the 115th Congress, set to begin in January. Yarmuth was elected unanimously by the Caucus’s 198 members. Read more…

From our Party Chair, Russell Lloyd. “The Election of 2016 came to a close for Louisville Democrats on November 17 when the Recanvass demanded by former Rep. Denny Butler confirmed that Rep. Elect McKenzie Cantrell won and will represent the 38th Legislative District in the Kentucky House. The Election results are, obviously, bittersweet. Louisville …

For Immediate Release November 18, 2016 Contact: DNC Press – 202-863-8148 DNC Statement on Trump’s Choice of Sen. Sessions for Attorney General WASHINGTON – DNC Interim Chair Donna Brazile issued the following statement: “Mr. Trump’s choice of Sen. Sessions for Attorney General is deeply troubling. As the top law enforcement official in the country, the …

There is no sugarcoating it. Kentucky Democrats got whipped this year. How and why it happened can be the subject of cracker barrel meditation, water cooler debate and social media static, but let’s look ahead. Dorothy had it right when she landed in Oz and said, “Toto, I’ve got a feeling we’re not in Kansas …

Congressman John Yarmuth and more than 140 other Democratic representatives are calling on President-elect Donald Trump to rescind the appointment of Steve Bannon as White House chief strategist. In a letter, the Democratic lawmakers accuse Bannon of being anti-Semitic and racist, citing his time as chief executive of Breitbart.com, a website that has increasingly been …

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Last week Oxfam released a new study that dispels many of the political myths surrounding the nation's minimum wage debate. It shows not only that increasing the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 per hour would give some 25 million workers across America a much-needed raise, but also that, on average, one in five workers in every single congressional district in America -- red or blue -- would benefit from such a raise.... Read more →